House collapses after rains

Kathmandu, September 5:

Incessant rains since last night in the Valley led to the collapse of a house at Samakhusi this morning.

Rains caused the collapse of a two-storied building belonging to one Bishwodip Thapaliya at Samakhusi. Four people were living in the house when it collapsed.

All of them were buried in the debris of the house, but police rescued them immediately.

The Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) today predicted that the downpour will continue for two more days in the central and eastern regions of the country.

“We cannot say how the situation will be for a week. But based on our system, we can say that it would be cloudy with rains and thundershower,” Krishna Bhakta Manandhar, senior

divisional meteorologist at the MFD, said.